Liquid container and top therefor



April 15 1924. I 1,490,883

C. S. BARON LIQUID CONTAINER AND TOP THEREFOR Filed March 13 1922 [IVVENT AJ .4r-romvsys- Patented Apr. 15, 1224.

burrs!) sT-ATas CHARLES BARQN, F TIFFILLOHIO.

IiJIQlJ'ID CONTAINER AND TOP THEREFOR.

Application filed March 13, 1922.' Serial No. 543,338.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. BARON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Tiflin, in the county of Seneca,

in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Liquid Containers and Tops Therefor, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to liquid containers provided with tops for openingand closing them and which are exemplified in the molasses jugillustrated in the drawing.

The prime object of my invention is to produce a container of the classindicated that is provided with a novel means of securing to it a top,and preferably with a removable top whose separable connection with thecontainer every manipulation, be-

stowed in the ordinary manner for opening the top, tends to make good,with the effect of constantly preserving a snug fit between the top andthe container.

What constitutes my invention will be hereinafter specified in detailand succinctly set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, which is illustrative of my invention inpresent preferred form of embodiment,

so Figure I is a side elevation of a molasses jug, by way of example,embodying my invention, the top thereof being shown in full and dottedlines, respectively, in the open and closed positions.

i5 Figure H is a similar view of another modification.

Figure 111 is a section on the line IVIV of Figure 1.

Referring to the numerals on the drawing, 1 indicates a container bodythat may be made from any suitable material and of any preferred shapeand dimensions. I prefor to make it of glass, and to provide it with anordinary open-mouthed spout 2, and 4.5 with the usual handle 3; but theform of mouth may be varied, if desired, and a modified handle 4 isshown in Figure II.

The body 1 is distinctive in respect to only one feature, namely, atop-carrying lug or tongue 5, that extends longitudinally upon the bodyin the direction of the longitudinal axis of the body, and is-preferablymade integral therewith. The tongue 5 may be of any preferred shape incross-section that is adapted to efiect cooperative union with ametallic tongue-engaging member 6. It

' may, for example, be of ordinary dove-tail the tongue 5 with theaction of a spring clip.

By my present invention, the vertically disposed member 6, attached to acorrespondingly disposed tongue 5, is provided at or near one end with ahinge connection that flexibly unites it to a cover 8 in such a manneras to enable the cover, under manipulation, to open and to close themouth of the container body 1. A simple form of the hinge connectionspecified may consist of ears 9 projecting upwardly from the op positesides of the member 6 into operative relationship with lugs 10projecting downwardly from a tail piece 11 that projects rearwardly fromthe cover 8, and terminates 95 in the form of a thumb piece 12. A.pintle 14 may penetrate and unite the ears 9 and the lugs 10, while aspring 15 of familiar adaptation, mounted upon said pintle as by beingcoiled about it, may, by aid of itsoppositely extended ends, serve toactuate the cover relatively to the member 6, and so to render the coverself-closing. The said cover, being of any preferred shape that may beusual or adaptable for the function required of it, may bemade, forexample, in the shape of the low substantially fiat cap illustrated thatmakes a flush lit with the top of the container, or it may be cupped ordome shaped, with any usual variation of fit between it and thecontainer mouth that is incident to such a familiar form of cover. Themode of operation of my device will, it is believed, be apparent fromthe foregoing without further description; but it may be observed thatdownward pressure upon the thumb piece 12, as in opening the cover 8,tends positively to drive the member 6 down along the tongue 5, andthereby to keep tight the joint between the cover 8 and the nouth of thebody 1, when the cover is close In the modification shown in Figure IIthe location of the hinge connection between the member 6 and the coveris changed a little, by providing the member 6 with a fixed extension 16over the top of the container to which the cover 18 is hinged at 19.

W hat I claim is:

The combination with an open mouth container having a fixed handle, thetop of which meets the wall of the container substantially below themouth thereof, and a rigid tongue extending along the container wallbetween said mouth and the handle top, of a metallic clip slidablysecured to cent the mouth of the container, a cover member pivotallyconnected to said end of the clip, and having a thumb piece extendingoutwardly and rearwardly from the point of pivotal connection above theclip and in substantially the same plane therewith, whereby pressureapplied to said thumb piece to raise the top will press the clipdownwardly along said tongue.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' CHARLES S. BARON.

lVitnesses I HARRY TAGGART,

N. E. MYERS.

